Reviews written by registered userChief-Justice-Horror

21 out of 37 people found the following review useful:Don't pay to see this, that's what the production company wants, 25 August 2012

I wish I had seen "The Partition," a movie about grumpy neighbors with
thin walls. Instead, I had to see this movie. I cannot recommend it to
anyone. It seems pretty clear that the studio made a movie on the cheap
so that they could sucker poor bastards like me into paying to see it.

The acting was terrible. I am not particularly attune to bad acting,
because I love to watch Horror Films but the dialog was painfully
forced. The writer attempted way too much exposition through dialog
between the young couple.

The premise was semi-interesting, but the follow through was haphazard
and a little silly. The director built tension pretty well, but there
was no pay-off. There were a few jumps but they were not the well done.

I've seen worse horror movies, but I expected a touch more from this
one and I shouldn't have.

16 out of 34 people found the following review useful:An Amazing Meta-Love Letter to Horror Fans, 14 April 2012

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

Cabin in the Woods lives up to all of the excellent reviews it has been
getting. I smiled through the entire movie because it was written for
Horror movie freaks. It was paced fantastically, there was no
significant down time during the film. It was, all at once, funny,
scary, clever, tense, and Meta-Awesome.

Cabin in the Woods employs a movie-within-a-movie device to perfection.
There is a standard slasher film with young adults travelling into the
woods that is, all the while, being manipulated by an organization that
must complete a cliché string of horror tropes in order to make a
sacrifice to the gods.

This Meta-Movie offers an explanation for why horror movies get made
and why they have to follow a formula; if they don't then gods that
previously ruled the earth will rise up and exterminate all living
things.

In the control room Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins act as
directors for the Truman Show or the Hunger Games, attempting to
choreograph the actions of people with free will. Most of the humor
comes from the control room; Bradley Whitford is extraordinarily funny
in this movie, I'm glad they cast him.

The different layers are intertwined to perfection with a lot of little
gems and rewards for horror fans. The tone of the movie is affective,
and despite the humor and ridiculous plot manages to be tense. Must
watch.